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from 2001 to 2020. Pennsylvania has been reasonably successful at Miss Teen USA. Their best decade was the 1990s, when they ranked fifth-equal in terms of number and value of placement

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title and compete at

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. Alexandra Jones of Monongahela was crowned Miss Pennsylvania Teen USA 2022 on April 24, 2022 at Richland Performing Arts Center in Johnstown. She will represent Pennsylvania for the title of

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Results summary

Placements

*Miss Teen USAs:

(2000) *1st runners-up: Patricia Campbell (1996) *2nd runners-up: Ursula Abbott (1993), Sydney Robertson (2014) *3rd runners-up: Yvonne Burke (2021) *Top 6: Susan Barnett (1990) *Top 10: Diane Hoyes (1983) *Top 12: Nicole Bigham (1994) *Top 15: Elliot Griffin (2008), Madison Longstreth (2011), Jasmine Daniels (2015) Pennsylvania holds a record of 11 placements at Miss Teen USA.

Awards

*Best State Costume: Melissa Forlini (1986) *Miss Congeniality Sydney Robertson (2014)

Winners

¹ Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant

References

External links

Official website
{{Miss Teen USA state

Women in Pennsylvania